Power SweepAnalysis: Visualize non-linear component behavior and power limits with ease.
Understanding how your RF components behave under varying drive levels is critical for preventing signal distortion and maximizing amplifier efficiency. RSD App’s Power Sweep Analysis tool allows you to dynamically sweep input power across your circuits, providing clear, instant visualization of non-linear behavior, compression characteristics, and saturation points.
Understand your system’s exact non-linear limits before testing hardware.
A static RF budget only tells you how your system performs at a single power level. RSD App’s Dynamic Power Sweep tool allows you to sweep input power across your entire RF cascade, instantly revealing critical compression points and intermodulation thresholds. Visualize how varying signal strengths impact non-linear performance at every stage of your design.
Key Capabilities:
Dynamic Power Sweeping: Easily define power ranges and step sizes to sweep individual components or your entire cascaded system.
Gain Compression Tracking: Automatically plot and pinpoint critical thresholds, including the 1dB Compression Point (P1dB) and Saturation Power (Psat), to see exactly where your system stops acting linearly.
Distortion Visualization: Analyze AM/AM and AM/PM conversion to understand how amplitude variations impact both the magnitude and phase of your output signal.
Efficiency Metrics: Calculate and plot Power Added Efficiency (PAE) to optimize the performance and thermal management of your power amplifiers.
Interactive Graphing: Generate clean, exportable plots that let you compare linear vs. non-linear performance at a glance.